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Pay and Reward Lead

On-site in London·Added today (last checked 21 Oct)

HM Treasury

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Overview

Salary: £62,690 - £69,500 a year
About £3,910 - £4,240 a month after tax.
Closing date: Apply by Wednesday 4 November
Holiday: 25 days holiday + bank holidays
Pension: 28.97% employer pension
Commute: Cycle to work and season ticket loan

Skills

Networking

The role

Apply before 11:55 pm on Wednesday 4th November 2026

Details

Reference number

486987

Salary

£59,690 - £69,500

London: £62,690 - £69,500 / National: £59,690 - £66,500.

If the successful candidate is a current Civil Servant joining on level transfer, HM Treasury will honour their current substantive salary if higher.

For more information on pay, please refer to the guidance at https://hmtreasury.pagetiger.com/cjbibw.

A Civil Service Pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%

GBP

Job grade

Grade 7

Contract type

Permanent

Business area

HMT - Corporate Centre Group - Our People and Capability Team are a diverse team of HR professionals who provide critical support to the department across a number of areas. We provide expert advice to enable the department to achieve its wider aims, delivering everything from day-to-d

Type of role

Human Resources

Working pattern

Flexible working, Full-time, Part-time

Number of jobs available

Location

This post can be based in London (1 Horse Guards Road), Norwich (Rosebery Court) or Darlington (Feethams House).

About the job

Job summary

Working at HM Treasury puts you at the heart of government, making a difference to the UK economy and ultimately to people's lives right across the UK.

Jobs at the Treasury are fast-paced, fun and can offer unparalleled perspective - not least the opportunity to advise Ministers on the decisions which directly determine the UK's prosperity. Deep in our DNA is a commitment to empowering our people: maximising individual and collective impact, with interesting work no matter your role or seniority.

Day-to-day you could be supporting Ministers to decide the right level of a specific tax or line of government spending; helping maintain the stability of financial markets; analysing the long-term trends impacting the future of the economy; or enabling this work as part of our vital corporate functions.

We are a high-performing department and proud to have outstanding staff from a wide range of backgrounds. We are also a friendly, inclusive and sociable workplace that prides itself on fostering great team spirit. Our two largest offices are 1 Horse Guards Road in London, opposite St James' Park, and the Darlington Economic Campus, which also contains eight other departments. We work seamlessly across all our sites, including Norwich, Birmingham and Leeds, as one Treasury.

We are both a 1,000-year-old institution and dynamic, forward-looking economics and finance ministry, with a strong direction set by our organisational strategy, the Future Treasury Vision. The 21st century offers huge opportunities and poses new challenges for the UK. Working at the Treasury is your chance to help the country chart the right course.

Job description

As HM Treasury's Pay & Reward Lead, you will be responsible for developing and implementing the department's pay and reward strategy, combining the delivery of key cyclical activities with innovative reward programmes to enhance our overall people offer. Your experience in a pay and reward environment, and ideally understanding of reward practice within the Civil Service framework, will allow you to develop initiatives for the department whilst influencing the wider landscape across government. Your ability to effectively balance departmental priorities, Civil Service trends and affordability will be key to your success.

Using your collaboration skills, you will partner with a range of internal teams to scope, propose and implement the full reward portfolio including annual pay rounds, performance pay, allowances and employee benefits. In doing so, you will work closely with finance colleagues to present fully costed options to senior leaders. You will influence their thinking by utilising your strong data and extensive analytical skills to translate complex technical information into innovative and practical pay and reward solutions.

Networking is a key aspect of the role; and you will need to be confident build strong relationships with colleagues, the reward network across government and trade unions representatives to drive forward the work. As well as providing expert advice on pay and reward to our arms-length bodies (ALBs), you will be part of a core community of reward practitioners that consider how to solve challenges across the Civil Service reward framework.

You will be confident working autonomously and setting the direction of your own work as you manage a varied workload. Being an excellent communicator with strong interpersonal skills is critical as you look to continuously improve the reward offer of the department.

This is an opportunity to use your reward expertise in a high-profile role within the government's finance ministry. You will join a small, motivated and inclusive Reward team that works closely with colleagues across the organisation to deliver a high-profile pay and reward strategy and make a meaningful difference.

Key accountabilities

Develop and deliver a pay and reward strategy for HM Treasury's delegated and Senior Civil Service (SCS) grades. Use creative and innovative approaches to support business objectives, embed Civil Service standards and maintain compliance with the Cabinet Office pay framework.
Build trusted relationships with key stakeholders across the department, including HR and Finance Business Partners. Use their insight and organisational knowledge to shape reward plans.
Ensure that all pay and reward initiatives are properly modelled and costed, and that they comply with HM Treasury and Cabinet Office budget and pay remit processes.
Lead specific reward projects and reviews, including reviews of allowances, and communicate and implement any resulting changes.
Lead HM Treasury's pay gap reporting, across Gender, Disability and Ethnicity, including annual publication, internal engagement on progress and developing the pay gap action plan
Own and maintain the department's core suite of pay policies, ensuring they are regularly reviewed and overseeing their delivery to ensure fair and consistent outcomes
Oversee accurate and timely responses to essential central data commissions.
Oversee reward activity across HM Treasury's ALBs. Hold regular discussions to understand their plans and ensure that they comply with centrally set rules.
Build networks across the Civil Service HR profession so that HM Treasury remains aligned with the cross-government people strategy.

Candidate Drop-In Session

The hiring manager will be running a candidate drop-in session to give you greater insight about the role and HM Treasury, and ask any questions you might have. If you would like to join us, use the link below to join the call at the right time.

Thursday 29th October at 11:30am Click the Link to Join

If you would like to speak to the hiring manager informally prior to the closing date, please contact Jo Fitch at jo.fitch@hmtreasury.gov.uk

Visa sponsorship is not available for this role.

Person specification

Application Stage

Required Qualifications

CIPD L5 or L7, or the willingness to work towards this once appointed

In your application form, you'll be asked to confirm that you hold this qualification. You will need to provide evidence of this qualification if you are invited to interview.

Application Form

Applications should consist of a CV including your employment history, and 250-word statements demonstrating evidence of each of the below shortlisting criteria. Your CV and employment history won't be scored. It's used to give context to your application and support discussions at interview.

The panel will review applications and invite those that best demonstrate evidence of the shortlisting criteria below for interview. Please keep this in mind when writing your application.

Please note that only applications submitted through Civil Service Jobs will be accepted.

Experience: Demonstrable experience of working in a complex pay and reward environment
Making Effective Decisions: Ability to look at complicated information, weigh up different options and clearly explain your recommendation
Communicating and Influencing: Ability to communicate effectively with senior leaders and break down complicated information
Leadership: Ability to lead a small reward team while also leading a large and varied portfolio of strategic projects

The lead criterion is: Experience

If we receive a high volume of applications, we'll first sift using the lead criterion only. Those meeting the minimum score will then be assessed against all remaining criteria.

Pre-Application Online Test

Prior to submitting your application, you will be invited to complete a Civil Service Online Test relevant to the role. Once you start your application you will receive an email invitation with details on how to proceed and you will only be able to submit your full application if you meet the pass mark.

For this post, you will be asked to complete:

Civil Service Numerical Test (Numerical Test)

Civil Service Judgement Test (Judgement Test)

If you have recently taken and passed the same Civil Service test when applying for a role at the same grade, you will not have to re-take this.

For more information on Civil Service tests, and for guidance on how to practice and prepare for them, please visit https://www.gov.uk/guidance/civil-service-online-tests

There will be maintenance for online tests on the dates and times below. This means you will be unable to access the online tests between these times:

25 October - midday to 1pm &

1 November - 4pm to midnight

Your progress will be saved, and you will be able to continue once the tests are available again.

If candidates require reasonable adjustments during the application process, or online test process, please allow sufficient time (at least 5 working days prior to the job closing date) to request support, to allow us to support candidates as best as possible. Please note that there is no candidate support from Friday 5pm until Monday 9am.

Interview Stage

If you are successful at the application stage, you will be invited to interview where you will be assessed against the following criteria:

- Experience - of working in a pay and reward environment and advising senior leaders on reward strategies and approaches.
- Strengths
- Behaviours: Communicating and Influencing, Making Effective Decisions, Seeing the Big Picture

Interview Task / Presentation
Prior to your interview, we will contact you about a task / presentation that the panel would like you to deliver as part of the assessment to test your experience. Further details will be communicated to you nearer the time.

Qualifications

CIPD L5 or L7 - if not already held, will be required to work towards it in role

Behaviours

We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:

Making Effective Decisions
Communicating and Influencing
Leadership
Seeing the Big Picture

We only ask for evidence of these behaviours on your application form:

Making Effective Decisions
Communicating and Influencing
Leadership

Benefits

Alongside your salary of £59,690, HM Treasury contributes £17,292 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides (opens in a new window).

Generous Annual Leave - 25 days (rising to 30 after 5 years), plus public holidays and the King's birthday.
Outstanding Pension Scheme - Defined Benefit pension with employer contributions of 28.97%
Parental Leave Packages - Including 6 months' occupational pay for maternity/adoption, shared parental leave options.
Advance Schemes & Discounts - Rental deposit, cycle-to-work, SmartTech, season ticket loans, and access to HM Treasury's benefits portal for a wide range of discounts.
Flexible & Hybrid Working - Options include part-time, job-share, compressed hours, flexitime, and hybrid working.

Hybrid working: HM Treasury operates an office based working approach across all Treasury sites. There is an expectation of a minimum of 60% attendance in the office. Please be aware that this role can only be worked in the UK and not overseas.

The office working expectation is linked to the location of the role. If you apply to a post in a single location, then you will not be able to meet this expectation at any of our other sites or move your role to another location. Some roles may not be suitable for hybrid working, it will be stated in the role profile if the role cannot accommodate this.

You can review HM Treasury's full offer here.

Things you need to know

Artificial intelligence

Artificial intelligence can be a useful tool to support your application, however, all examples and statements provided must be truthful, factually accurate and taken directly from your own experience. Where plagiarism has been identified (presenting the ideas and experiences of others, or generated by artificial intelligence, as your own) applications may be withdrawn and internal candidates may be subject to disciplinary action. Please see our candidate guidance (opens in a new window) for more information on appropriate and inappropriate use.

Selection process details

This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours, Strengths and Experience.

Candidate Guidance

Please review the candidate guidance for an overview of the Success Profiles and STAR approach, along with top tips for applications and interviews.

Recruitment Timeline

Closing date: Wednesday 4th November 2026
Shortlisting: Thursday 5th November 2026
Interviews: w/c 17th November 2026 tbc

This timeline is indicative and may be subject to change. We will inform you if there is a substantial change to the recruitment timeline.

If your contact details change at any time during the selection process, please ensure you update your Civil Service Jobs Profile.

Reserve Lists

You will be placed on a reserve list if your application is successful, but we cannot offer you a role immediately. Where more than one location has been advertised, candidates will be posted in merit order by location. You will be asked to provide your location preference on your application form. Please note that a place on the reserve list does not guarantee an offer.

If you are offered a role in your first preferred location and you decline the offer or are unable to take up the post within a reasonable timeframe, you will be removed from the reserve list, other than in exceptional circumstances.

Those on the reserve list may also be approached for similar roles at a lower grade. If you are offered a role at a lower grade and choose to decline, you can remain on the reserve list.

Internal Fraud Database Check

Candidates cannot apply to roles in the Civil Service if the application is made within a 5-year period following a dismissal for carrying out internal fraud against government.

Successful candidates will be subject to a check on the Internal Fraud Database. This check will provide information about employees who have been dismissed for fraud or dishonesty offences. This also applies to those who resign or otherwise leave before being dismissed for fraud or dishonesty offences had their employment continued. Any applicant's details held on the database will be refused employment.

National Security Vetting

Everyone working with government assets must complete Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) checks. Additionally, successful candidates will be subject to National Security Vetting. The level of security vetting required for this role is Security Check (SC).

To allow for meaningful checks to be carried out, applicants will need to have lived in the UK for at least 3 out of the past 5 years. You will be asked to provide residency information within your application form, and eligibility for national security vetting will be checked once the advert closing date has passed. In certain circumstances, for example if you have been working abroad on a government posting, a lack of residency would not be a bar to security clearance however the Department will need to consider eligibility on a case-by-case basis once the advert closing date has passed.

Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.

Security

Successful candidates must undergo a basic (or equivalent) criminal record check.

Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is security check (opens in a new window).

See our vetting charter (opens in a new window).

People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.

Nationality requirements

This job is broadly open to the following groups:

UK nationals
nationals of the Republic of Ireland
nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service

Further information on nationality requirements (opens in a new window)

Working for the Civil Service

The Civil Service Code (opens in a new window) sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants.

We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles (opens in a new window).

The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.

The Civil Service also offers a Redeployment Interview Scheme to civil servants who are at risk of redundancy, and who meet the minimum requirements for the advertised vacancy.

Diversity and Inclusion

The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see the Civil Service People Plan (opens in a new window) and the Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy (opens in a new window).

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Once this job has closed, the job advert will no longer be available. You may want to save a copy for your records.

Contact point for applicants

Job contact :

Name : Jo Fitch
Email : jo.fitch@hmtreasury.gov.uk

Recruitment team

Email : hrrecruitment@hmtreasury.gov.uk

Further information

Complaints Process: Our recruitment process is underpinned by the principle of appointment based on fair and open competition and appointment on merit, as outlined in the Civil Service Commissioners' Recruitment Principles. If you feel your application has not been treated in accordance with these principles and you wish to make a complaint, you should in the first instance contact HMT by email at: hrrecruitment@hmtreasury.gov.uk. If you are not satisfied with the response you receive, you can contact the Civil Service Commission, which regulates all Civil Service recruitment.